Lake Tahoe, California - late summer 1986

I've been keeping this secret since around 1986
and didn't know who I could tell without sounding like a nut, but it's
been bothering me, and I hope you are the appropriate person to contact
regarding this matter. Here is my wife and I saw:

During the late summer of 1986 my wife Mary and I were driving east on
highway 50 heading toward Lake Tahoe at about 11:30 p.m. we were about 25
to 30 miles west of Lake Tahoe when we approached an S curve. As we made
a right turn, the road curved toward a mountainside and then turned away
to the left. While making the right turn however, our headlights were
facing the side of a hill and something else, we were not prepared for.

About 40 yards directly in front of us, we saw a huge hairy manlike
creature walking along the side of this hill at the roadside our
headlights were directly on it and there was no mistaking what we saw
at that distance, as we made the left turn away from the hill the thing
disappeared in the darkness.

My wife and I stared off ahead, and as we drove a short distance, both
turned to look at each other and we said, "Did you see that?" I knew I
hadn't imagined it, because she saw it too.

Now the problem was who we could tell without sounding crazy, so we never
told a soul, but I've been searching for the right person to tell because
it's been eating at me for all these years, I hope you are the person
I've been seeking.

Thank you in advance,and by the way, just so there is no question about
my sanity, I am a sworn peace officer for the State of California, and
just telling you this could ruin my reputation and make me the butt of
jokes for the next ten years.